Sunday, March 13, 2011

HE KNOWS HE CAN’T ESCAPE

"Pleasant Hill Morning", watercolor, 
by Andy Smith

He knows he can’t escape
sitting beside the window
at this moment and seeing
the beige bedspread
and hearing the sounds
of heat in the baseboards.
Souvenirs are presented to him
second by second,
and he has no choice
but to be present as they are given,
these gifts, 
this lamplight on a blue wall
and the wrinkled red cushion
on a rocker across the room
from where he necessarily sits.  

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